FC KOLN VS BAYER LEVERKUSEN PREVIEW & PREDICTION
FC Köln and Bayer Leverkusen play each other on Sunday-afternoon. Here is a real derby. Leverkusen will happily bring the neighbors from the Dom city into trouble.
FC Köln:
For FC Köln enforcement seems to be turning more and more into a mission impossible. Shortly after the winter break Die Domstädter had a good phase, but now the team is back to where it is. The two most recent games had to earn points, to make a jump in the rankings. It went wrong against VfB Stuttgart (2-3) and Werder Bremen (3-1), which means that Cologne is still at the bottom. The distance to place sixteen is eight points. Unless a miracle happens, we see Köln next year in the 2. Bundesliga.
Stefan Ruthenbeck, Köln’s coach, naturally tries to remain optimistic outwardly. ‘The team has trained well all week,’ said the coach, who saw his team scoop a lot of goals in the last two games. “Defensively, we were not stable enough. That is not only a problem for the defense, but for the entire team. ‘ Köln is struggling with a number of injured players, although it is not as extreme as in the first half of the season, when there were around ten injured in a period.
Bayer Leverkusen:
Where the neighbors from Cologne have the biggest problems, Bayer Leverkusen is doing well this year. Die Werkself has qualifying for the Champions League of next season in their own hands, given the current fourth place. Then in the last eight games not too many missteps can be made, as in the most recent games occasionally. So Leverkusen lost the home matches against Hertha BSC (0-2) and Schalke 04 (0-2). However, it will not be up to football. After Bayern Munich Leverkusen has this season the best football team of the Bundesliga.
Trainer Heiko Herrlich looked forward this week on Sunday in the Domstad. “We know that a derby is something special,” Herrlich began. ‘We are expecting a match full of strife, and that Köln will take the duels hard. That prospect was there against HSV and Wolfsburg too, and we dealt with that very well, ‘the coach referred to those two winning matches.
PREDICTION: Bayer Leverkusen to win @ 1.79
